Game board pocket with ball removing device



Dec. 30, 1952 E. w. KUMMER 2,623,749

GAME BOARD POCKET WITH BALL REMOVING DEVICE Filed June 12, 1950Zinnentor ERNEST W. KUMMER my f attornegs Patented Dec. 30, 1952 OFFICEGAME BOARD POCKET WITH BALL REMOVING DEVICE Ernest W. Kummer, Denver,0010.

Application June 12, 1950, Serial No. 167,528

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in miniature golf game boards andis a continuation-in-part of my copending application, Serial No.565,448 filed November 28, 1944, now Patent No. 2,510,985 June 13, 1950.

In said copending application I have disclosed a miniature golf gameboard having spaced pockets around the edge thereof and the presentinvention relates to the details of these pockets per se.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel pocketconstruction and ball removing device for same.

Other objects, advantages, and salient features will become moreapparent from a consideration of the description to follow, the appendedclaim, and the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan View of a portion of the game board witha pocket disposed therein;

Figure 2 is a section taken on line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33, Figure Figure 4 is a sectiontaken on line 4-4, Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the pocket with the ball removing deviceinserted therein;

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the ball removing device;

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the device shown in Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of a slightly modified pocket and ballremoving device and Figure 9 is a fragmentary section taken on line 9,Figure 8.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the game board is formed from a basecomprising a large number of transversely extending pieces of lumber l5which have secured to the top thereof boards l6 which extendtransversely. Surrounding the upper edge of the board is a Wall I Ihaving a pocket l9 recessed therein, wall I! also havin an inner liningstrip 2i made of Wood, rubber, or other elastic material. The pocket isis preferably made from some suitable material such as cast iron, anyother metal, hard rubber, or any suitable synthetic material. The pocketis elongated as shown in Figure 1, and of a depth substantially equal tothe distance from the top of wall I! to the top surface of the base l5.One side of the pocket is provided with a notch O, the bottom of whichis on the level with the surface of boards i6. The pocket is of suchsize that it will accommodate several balls of the size employed inplaying the game, four being shown in Figure 8 and in Figures 5 and 6two balls have been shown.

The dipper or ball remover, which has been designated in its entirety byreference numeral 22, is preferably constructed from sheet metal and hasa dipper-like portion from which the wall 23 extends upwardly as shownin Figures 3 and 4. Wall 23 is curved forwardly, as shown in Figure 5,and a handle 24 is Welded or otherwise secured to wall 23 so as toassume the position shown in Figure 3 to 7. The upper edge of wall 22 ofthe dipper is on the level with or slightly lower than the bottom ofnotch 0 so as not to interfere with the free entry of the balls duringthe game. The vertex 25 serves to divert the balls toward the ends ofthe dipper. At the end of each game, the balls can be quickly removed bygrasping the dipper handle 24 and lifting the dipper and balls out ofthe pocket. After the balls have been removed the dipper is replaced inthe pocket.

Figures 8 and 9 illustrate a slight modification wherein the pocket 19aand dipper 22a are made somewhat longer and will accommodate four golfballs. The pocket is of any material, as previously described, and isprovided with a flange ,2 around its upper edge. The dipper 22a is ofcast metal, such as aluminum, and handle 24a is secured in a boss bhaving a vertex 25a which serves the same purpose as 25 in the previousembodiment. The bottom of the dipper 22a, like dipper 22, has itshighest point at the center, and slopes downwardly on each side thereof,so that the balls will roll toward the ends of the dipper.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new is:

In combination, a ball receiving pocket of elongated cup shape having awall with a notch therein through which a ball may pass into the pocket,a ball removing device comprising; an elongated dipper of a size andshape to be received in the pocket and to rest on the bottom thereof,the bottom of the dipper sloping downwardly away 3 from the middle pointthereof, one longitudinal wall of the dipper being higher than theother, the lower wall terminating at the level of the bottom of thenotch, and a handle secured at its lower end to the higher wall at apoint midway between the ends thereof, the higher wall having aninwardly extending projection at its middle point for directing anentering ball towards an end of the dipper.

ERNEST W. KUMMER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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